Cloud County, Kansas
Cloud County, KS: non-irrigated cash rent $115 an acre (2026); land and buildings $3,142 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 136.8 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 20029. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Cloud County runs $115 per acre for 2026; irrigated land commands $236 per acre. Heat and drought drove 71 percent of $153.9 million in indemnities since 1989, and that cause's share climbed from 12 percent in 1989-1999 to 58 percent in 2000-2009, 53 percent in 2010-2019, and 91 percent in 2020-2025. Only 8 percent of harvested cropland is irrigated, and the loss ratio over 2016-2025 closed crop years was 1.14. Census land value stood at $3,142 per acre in 2022, up 36.5 percent from 2017.
KS median $58 · 6th highest of 102
KS median $159 · 2nd highest of 28
KS median $2,272 · 21st highest of 104
KS median $12.59 · 48th highest of 104
KS median 54% · 30th lowest of 104
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Corn yield | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud County | $115 | $236 | $3,142 | — | $13.38 |
| Clay County | $99 | $199 2025 | $3,165 | — | $9.22 |
| Jewell County | $83 | — | $2,492 | — | $9.65 |
| Mitchell County | $76 | $148 | $2,694 | 115.3 | $15.98 |
| Ottawa County | $76 | $136 2023 | $2,577 | — | $10.91 |
| Republic County | $100 | $237 | $3,259 | — | $6.51 |
| Washington County | $92 | — | $2,737 | — | $4.13 |
| Median next door | $87 | $193 2 co. | $2,716 | 115.3 1 co. | $9.44 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Cloud County, Kansas. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/kansas/cloud-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.